Voting Begins Today At PeoplesChoice.com and via Social Media Platforms

Nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 were announced this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills by country superstar Jason Aldean, Anthony Anderson ("Guys with Kids"), Sophia Bush (PARTNERS), Jason O'Mara (VEGAS), Monica Potter ("Parenthood") and Casey Wilson ("Happy Endings"), along with PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 host Kaley Cuoco (THE BIG BANG THEORY) and Executive Producer Mark Burnett. Prior to this morning's announcement, fans cast more than 93 million votes to pick new categories and determine the nominees for the annual awards show that celebrates fan favorites in movies, music and television. See below for a complete list of nominees.

Justin Bieber is the top individual PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 nominee with five music nods, including Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Pop Artist, Favorite Album, Favorite Music Video and Favorite Music Fan Following. Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine also comes out on top with a combined six nods in both music and television categories, for his work with Maroon 5 (Favorite Band, Favorite Song, Favorite Album, Favorite Music Video) and "The Voice" (Favorite Celebrity Judge, Favorite Competition TV Show). Channing Tatum leads the men in acting nominations with four individual nods (Favorite Male Actor, Favorite Comedic Actor, Favorite Dramatic Actor and Favorite On-Screen Chemistry), and Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence will go head-to-head in each of their three categories (Favorite Movie Actress, Favorite Face of Heroism and Favorite On-Screen Chemistry).

Voting begins today for all 48 categories and will end on Dec. 14, 2012. Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 from the Nokia Theater L.A. Live on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Tickets to the awards show are now available for fans to purchase through Ticketmaster. Media outlets can apply for credentials to cover PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 at http://credentials.peopleschoice.com.

· Facebook - Facebook.com/PeoplesChoice features a custom application where fans can personalize their voting experience and share their votes with friends.

· Twitter - Fans can cast official votes for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 by tweeting a specific series of hashtags based on the nominee's name and category. To see a complete list of hashtags created for each nominee, please visit PeoplesChoice.com/pca/vote.

· Mobile - Fans can vote in all categories on the People's Choice Awards mobile site, and via the official voting application for Android and iOS devices. The free app is available for download from the Android Market and the Mac App Store.

As the official retail partner of PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013, Walgreens will present two categories, "Favorite New TV Comedy" and "Favorite New TV Drama," which will remain open for voting through the night of the show on PeoplesChoice.com. All new network shows are eligible. The top five vote-getters in each category will be named official nominees on December 14, 2012.

Additional categories that will remain open for voting through the night of the show are "Favorite Movie Fan Following," "Favorite Music Fan Following" and "Favorite TV Fan Following," three brand-new categories that celebrate pop culture mega-fans and their devotion to certain films, musicians and TV shows.

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 will also see the addition of "Favorite Face of Heroism," presented by Puffs, and the return of "Favorite Movie Icon." The winner of the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Movie Icon" will receive a one-of-a-kind custom award created by Waterford, the official designer and house of crystal that produces the People's Choice Awards trophies.

About People's Choice

Now in its 39th year, the People's Choice Awards continues to be the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in movies, music and television. The People's Choice official website at www.PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where fans determine the categories, nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Every year, potential nominees are determined by national ratings averages, box office grosses, music sales and PeoplesChoice.com data, then vetted through E-Poll(R) MediaSYNC - E-Score Celebrity. Fred Nelson is the President of People's Choice, and the awards show is produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. [NYSE:PG], which is represented by Liquid Thread, a division of Starcom MediaVest Group, Worldwide, Inc., supervisors of the production.

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